A public authority (EPA / US) has on 7th of December 2009 formally declared CO2 being a dangerous gas, and this likely means that others will follow.
If one can do it, why shouldn’t others follow, as this can side-step many issues and fast-track regulations and laws on the subject.

[EPA declaration]

Prepare to hold your breath, or either get taxed having to buy carbon offsets for breathing, or end up in the clink for environmental crimes. .
Pick your favorite poison.

“WASHINGTON – After a thorough examination of the scientific evidence and careful consideration of public comments, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that greenhouse gases (GHGs) threaten the public health and welfare of the American people.”

Although the crafted rules say only facilities that emit 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year or more will be affected, businesses fear the exemption may not hold up in court and could now be imposed on many smaller commercial buildings, farms, restaurants, churches and small businesses.

As far as I know, there are absolute no solid evidence that CO2 is a threat to public health – if there were, it would be widely known in no unsure terms by now.
On the contrary, there’s plenty of evidence showing it is not. Evidence with billions of years on it’s neck.

The major one, is CO2 being an absolute necessity for plant life on earth, and therefore an absolute necessity for any life on earth, and I don’t see millions of carbonated soft-drink or beer consumers, or even carbonated mineral water consumers for that matter, having taken ill at any point in time due to it’s deadly CO2 contents…
Some light into this mystery might be shed by another big organisation in US, the mighty FDA (Food and Drugs Administration), that has CO2 listed as an allowed product for use in human foods.

EPA – “greenhouse gases (GHGs (incl. CO2) threaten the public health and welfare of the American people.”
FDA – CO2 is safe and is allowed for use in food products.

I believe the score table reads: EPA 0 – FDA 1.

How silly can it get?

The very gas that is an absolute requirement for all plant life on earth, and subsequently all life on earth, will be classified as a “dangerous pollutant”?

Will this mean that the farmers will no longer be allowed to inject additional CO2 into their greenhouses to boost production?
Will you have to have a special permit to handle this “dangerous pollutant” in the future?

One must ask – has these guys even considered what you get taught in primary school biology classes?

Quote from the article.

“CO2 is not a pollutant. In simple terms, CO2 is plant food,” notes John R. Christy, professor of
Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alabama. “The green world we see around us would
disappear if not for atmospheric CO2. These plants largely evolved at a time when the atmospheric
CO2 concentration was many times what it is today. Indeed, numerous studies indicate the present
biosphere is being invigorated by the human-induced rise of CO2. In and of itself, therefore, the
increasing concentration of CO2 does not pose a toxic risk to the planet.”

Good to see that some hasn’t forgot their lessons.

References:

Obama to Use EPA to Declare CO2 a Dangerous Pollutant